'Hot Smoke and Sassafras!' TV Land Celebrates the New Year With 'The Beverly Hillbillies Best Dang New Year's Marathon' Beginning December 31

'Hot Smoke and Sassafras!' TV Land Celebrates the New Year With 'The Beverly Hillbillies Best Dang New Year's Marathon' Beginning December 31

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- TV Land rings in 2008 with 27 hours of non-stop Clampett wackiness and Granny's unforgettable colloquialisms during "The Beverly Hillbillies Best Dang New Year's Marathon" beginning Monday, December 31, at 6:00PM (all times ET/PT). Viewers will be "happier than a cat at a fish fry" with episodes like "Jethro Goes to School" in which Max Baer, Jr. (Jethro) also plays Jethro's twin sister, Jethrine, in drag, and an appearance by the late Sharon Tate in "Possum Day" as Miss Hathaway's dark- headed assistant at the Commerce Bank.

As part of this celebration, TVLand.com will stream full episodes starting December 31, with weekly updates. The website will feature character bios, a comprehensive episode guide, and photo gallery. TVLand.com visitors will also be able to test their 'hill-folk' knowledge with The Beverly Hillbillies trivia game.

The Beverly Hillbillies aired on CBS from 1962 - 1971. Accidentally discovering oil on their property, the newly rich Clampetts move to Beverly Hills where they find that their mountain lifestyle is quite different than that of their upper-class neighbors.

The Beverly Hillbillies 'Best Dang' New Year's Marathon schedule is as follows (all times ET/PT):

Monday 12/31 Tuesday 1/1

6p Ep. #1 Clampetts Strike Oil 6a Ep. #33 Clampetts Get
Psychoanalyzed
6:30p Ep. #2 Getting Settled 6:30a Ep. #52 The Giant
Jackrabbit
7p Ep. #8 Jethro Goes To 7a Ep. #080 Teenage Idol
School
7:30p Ep. #9 Elly's First Date 7:30a Ep. #90 Clampetts A Go-Go
8p Ep. #10 Pygmalion & Elly 8a Ep. #110 The Private Eye
8:30p Ep. #11 Elly Races Jethro 8:30a Ep. #111 Possum Day
9p Ep. #12 The Great Feud 9a Ep. #112 Possum Day
Parade
9:30p Ep. #20 Jed Throws A Wing 9:30a Ep. #127 Sonny Drysdale
Ding Returns
10p Ep. #21 Jed Plays Solomon 10a Ep. #144 The Gorilla
10:30p Ep. #25 The Family Tree 10:30a Ep. #176 Mr. University
Muscles In
11p Ep. #27 Granny's Spring 11a Ep. #177 A Plot for Granny
11:30p Ep. #33 Clampetts Get 11:30a Ep. #217 Jed Clampett
Psychoanalyzed Enterprises
12a Ep. #52 The Giant Jackrabbit 12p Ep. #223 The Jogging
Clampetts
12:30a Ep. #1 Clampetts Strike Oil 12:30p Ep. #230 Jed Buys Central
Park
1a Ep. #2 Getting Settled 1p Ep. #232 Manhattan
Hillbillies
1:30a Ep. #8 Jethro Goes To 1:30p Ep. #274 Jethro Returns
School
2a Ep. #9 Elly's First Date 2p Ep. #080 Teenage Idol
2:30a Ep. #10 Pygmalion & Elly 2:30p Ep. #90 Clampetts A Go-Go
3a Ep. #11 Elly Races Jethro 3p Ep. #110 The Private Eye
3:30a Ep. #12 The Great Feud 3:30p Ep. #111 Possum Day
4a Ep. #20 Jed Throws A Wing 4p Ep. #112 Possum Day Parade
Ding
4:30a Ep. #21 Jed Plays Solomon 4:30p Ep. #127 Sonny Drysdale
Returns
5a Ep. #25 The Family Tree 5p Ep. #144 The Gorilla
5:30a Ep. #27 Granny's Spring 5:30p Ep. #176 Mr. University
Tonic Muscles In
6p Ep. #177 A Plot for Granny
6:30p Ep. #217 Jed Clampett
Enterprises
7p Ep. #223 The Jogging
Clampetts
7:30p Ep. #230 Jed Buys Central
Park
8p Ep. #232 Manhattan
Hillbillies
8:30p Ep. #274 Jethro Returns

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